Who are ALTA?

Significant progress in conserving Amur tigers and leopards has been made over the last decade. A coalition of 13 international and Russian NGOs have pooled resources by creating ALTA (the Amur Leopard and Tiger Alliance). ALTA is an informal coalition of funding and implementing agencies working together for the conservation of Amur tigers and leopards. ALTA members have been co-operating for many years in developing, financing and implementing conservation projects in Russia and China.

The key implementing agencies in ALTA are WCS Russia and the Vladivostok-based Phoenix Fund, with other partners involved in Russia to a lesser degree (Moscow Zoo, Zoological Society of London (ZSL), International Fund Animal Welfare (IFAW), Tigris Foundation, Wildlife Vets International) and/or providing relevant funding (ZSL, AMUR, 21st Century Tiger, Tigris Foundation, David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation, Wildlife Alliance and Helsinki and Minnesota zoos).

ALTA’s conservation approach is based on good science, thorough threat analysis and long-term commitment. Our projects are carefully monitored and evaluated. ALTA members co-operate closely with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Russian NGOs and authorities and local institutes of the Russian Academy of Science.

The European/Russian zoo breeding programme (EEP – European Endangered species Programme) for Amur leopards is coordinated jointly by ALTA partners ZSL and Moscow Zoo, and the North American programme (SSP – Species Survival Plan) by ALTA partner Minnesota Zoo.

The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) provides 100% of the money that is donated via this website to Amur leopard conservation field projects.